Friday, 23 December 2016

Book Review: Twisted Bloodlines by Linda Jackson

Megan has never had what most would call a normal life. Her
childhood and teen years were spent on the run with her family, hiding
from a horror so great it defines their world. Friends and homes are
traded at a moment’s notice to escape from their worst nightmares.

Years
pass, and her mother settles down with her new step-father, a kind man
who does his best to protect them. Life lulls into a safe pace, and
Megan finally feels as though she has control of her future for the
first time in her life. But that peace is shattered with the arrival of a
new family member, one that bears a striking resemblance to a savior of
her past…

Confused by her deep emotional connection to him,
things unravel fast. She learns that the people she lives with, even her
own family, are not what they seem. Her only friend who helped her
piece her life back together changes overnight, and she is left dealing
with the fallout on her own…

As events unfold, Megan finds
herself face to face with the horror that has haunted her since
childhood. But will she be able to escape from her twisted bloodline?

My Review:

Megan has been abused and terrorised by her father and her
family are running away from him again, helped by some people who know
her mother, hoping to finally get some peace. But the past is about to
catch up with them.

If you hate an MC who is a whiny, hot boy
obsessed, childish idiot, then I'd suggest giving this one a miss. I get
that Megan has had a terrible ordeal at the hands of her psycho father
but the way she takes it out on everyone who risked themselves to save
her drives me crazy. She bitches at her brother all the time purely
because he looks like their dad. She whines about how her mother is
constantly moving them to new houses (to get away from HIM you idiot)
causing her upheaval and never having the chance to settle anywhere. And
in the middle of her trauma this first night at her new home, she
manages to lust after three different men in about the space of 30
minutes. Oh yes THAT is really likely!!!

She goes into the house
for the first time and Peter walks in. SWOONS! Then she instantly gets
mad because her mother knows the hot guy and she starts sulking.
Instantly, she starts bitching about her mother having terrible taste in
men. WTF is wrong with this brat? She goes upstairs to pick a bedroom,
looks out the window and sees Trey next door. SWOONS! After Trey leaves
she thinks about the guy on the motorbike who escorted them here.
SWOONS! Oh come on author, this is instaluv gone crazy! She's supposed
to be in trauma!

I hate Trey. He invites himself in, quizzes her,
tries to force her to go outside when she doesn't want to, upsets her
and is thrown out, but just wanders back in the next day and plants
himself half naked in her bedroom as if he owns the place. Is this an
American thing? Where I live, you wait until invited and you don't come
back in after being thrown out unless you are asked to. This guy is a
rude cretin and upsets her a second time in 24 hours. I would ban him
from coming near the house.

Her family isn't much better. I
understand Megan throwing a tantrum when nobody will answer a
straightforward question like 'Who is Peter?' How is she to trust the
guy to look after her if she knows nothing about him? Not that is
stopped her fancying him until she thought he might be her mother's ex
or something.

So, I wasn't greatly caring about what happened
next as I think all the characters are dreadful! A few chapters of
Megan's angst and tantrums was more than enough for me!

Oh am sad you didn't enjoy the book. It's never nice to be disappointed by a book...Megan sounds like a very immature character so does her family..sheesh..I wish authors will understand that we want well rounded three dimensional characters!and honestly so many guys in the span of one book and that too done unrealistically..i can understand your pain...

Books with whiny teenagers like this are one of the reasons I've been turned off YA dystopia and paranormal which I used to read a lot of. But it's one more off the tbr so I'm looking on the bright side plus it was free so I haven't lost anything!

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